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The Years, They Change Us
The Years, They Change Us
The view from middle age
Y.L. Wolfe
Nov 29
Everything Will Be Okay When…
Everything Will Be Okay When…
The lies we tell ourselves that keep us distracted from actually being okay
Y.L. Wolfe
Nov 24
For the First Time in My Life, I’m Suffering From Writer’s Block
For the First Time in My Life, I’m Suffering From Writer’s Block
How I got here and my plan to find my way out
Y.L. Wolfe
Nov 19
What Does It Mean to Write Women’s Fiction?
What Does It Mean to Write Women’s Fiction?
A female writer’s musings on the challenges of an imposed niche
Y.L. Wolfe
Nov 3
TRENDING
When a Magical Woman Falls in Love with a Human Man…
When a Magical Woman Falls in Love with a Human Man…
There’s more to this story than finding a happily ever after
Y.L. Wolfe
Sep 14, 2023
An Ode to the Quiet Dignity of the Single Woman
An Ode to the Quiet Dignity of the Single Woman
We might not experience the bells and whistles that come with relationships…but what we do get is priceless
Y.L. Wolfe
Mar 4
A Silenced Woman Cannot Survive
A Silenced Woman Cannot Survive
And the world is aching for our voices
Y.L. Wolfe
Sep 18, 2023
You Deserve It…and You Still Might Not Get It
You Deserve It…and You Still Might Not Get It
What makes us worthy when external validation fails us?
Y.L. Wolfe
Oct 12, 2022
The Seven Years I Waited
The Seven Years I Waited
A poem
Y.L. Wolfe
Apr 24, 2023
WILD WOMAN
The Woman & the Hag’s Torch
The Woman & the Hag’s Torch
A poem for all the women preparing for their next stage in life
Y.L. Wolfe
Apr 1
Our Love Story Became a Ghost Story
Our Love Story Became a Ghost Story
All that’s left are the phantoms…
Y.L. Wolfe
Oct 28, 2019
I Am Valuable. I Am Lovable. I Am Deserving.
I Am Valuable. I Am Lovable. I Am Deserving.
What I’ve learned after a few weeks — plus a lifetime — of soul searching
Y.L. Wolfe
Jan 18
All She Wanted Was to Have a Little Fun
All She Wanted Was to Have a Little Fun
A semi-fictional short story about a playful woman in a world where women aren’t allowed to play
Y.L. Wolfe
Dec 15, 2023
A Woman’s Liberation from Authority to Autonomy
A Woman’s Liberation from Authority to Autonomy
Learning to face the world on our own in middle age
Y.L. Wolfe
Dec 8, 2023
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